The first episode of the first season of TCW is somewhat interesting to watch. We've got Yoda, the Grand Jedi Master(really, that's his title!) on his way to the moon of Toydaria to degotiate with the king Katuunko of Toydaria. We're left wondering why that degotiation is so important, so let's blame Anachronic Order for that.
King Katuunko meets Ventress, who's trying to get him join the Separatists. Dooku appears as a hologram, and we cut to Yoda's ship that's being jammed to make Katuunko think he's late. Yoda's ship is ambushed, and he and three clones escape to the moon via escape pods, while the ship FTLs away. On the moon, Yoda is able to contact Katuunko. Ventress wants to get rid of Yoda, and they "decide" that if Yoda isn't where Katuunko is by nightfall, Toydaria joins the Separatists. Well, Ventress will do anything to stop him, so... cue lots of droids.
For a first episode, this one is really interesting. We'd think we'd get more stuff like in the movie, but instead, we get Yoda and a couple of clones fighting against droids. Yoda's laugh is creepy, and it looks like the clones have no experience of working with the Jedi. They're serving on Coruscant, though it's not stated out loud, but their markings are red and they have the symbol of the senate in their shoulder pads.
The characters look a bit bulky now that we've seen season 3 and the trailers for season 4. Yoda's ears are too pointy compared to RotS, and Ventress' ears have sharp edges! It looks odd from some angles, mainly from over-the-shoulder view.
The clones look fairly generic at this point. Only one of them has shaved his hair, at least and one of them has a tattoo, but we don't see any big facial scars or tattoos, like we did in the movie! Implies this episode was either animated before the movie, or, if we want it Justified, these clones just don't yet have the diversity of those clones who regularly work with Jedis. Yoda actually had a good point about the clones. Even though they are copies of the same gene material, their Force signatures are all individual. They aren't part of a hivemind, but distinct individuals. If you've read some EU books, you know where I'm going. In The Thrawn Trilogy, the clones matured in a month (correct me if I'm wrong, it's been a while since I read The Last Command). This caused horrible mental malfunctions, so the clones had to be separated from the Force. Force connects everything, right? So, my theory on this goes like this: the clones act like a hivemind for a short time in the beginning of their lives, Force being the connector. The more time they have to reach adulthood, the more time the copies have to grow separate. Even if the growing environment is the same for each clone, they'll gain the sense of individuality in a certain time. Even we, normal humans work (almost) like this. A fetus, up to some point, doesn't recognize itself as an separate person from it's mother, or it simply doesn't have understanding of 'self'. (I hope that made any sense...) So, when clones' growth is sped up, this time of "hivemind" lasts seemingly longer; the psyche doesn't age as fast as the body.
(*changes subject completely*)
Size matters not, says Yoda. Is he... Compensating for Something? He talks a good minute or two to the clones that size is not what matters, all while laughing creepily. That scene had some Ho Yay wibes, don't you think? Or then I was watching the scene too closely. And in the end of the episode, Yoda is Friendto All Living Things. Seriously? Did they have to put those critters in there? I'm not sure if it counts as Narm, but it's just wrong.
Next time: the Malevolence, finally Anakin and Ahsoka, Plo-frikking-Koon, and other things. I'm too tired to write anymore.
